We have had a busy week going to basketball games. We went to the Jazz game Monday night in SLC. They played the Celtics. It was a great game and what made it better was that Shawn & Chelsey, & Casey and Luke were there too. Chelsey came home for a week and brought her friend Amy. It was fun to have her home. Dave and the boys went back to SLC (and Chelsey) for the NCAA games and then I went back with him on Saturday. Chelsey flew back out on Sunday morning. It was a busy fun week!

Today is our 36th year anniversary. Wow we sure have the wrinkles to prove it. On Monday nights we take dinner over to our good friends the Gibsons and eat with them. Scott has ALS and can't get out much. We have some good times on Monday night and tonight they celebrated signing on their house and we celebrated 36 glorius years together!!! Woo Hoo!!

I had the great fortune of having these cute grandchildren for awhile while their mothers were busy. They are so fun!!!

Our Pocatello/Chubbuck Junior Miss program is in full swing! Melanie and I have our hands full but we have a great committee and lots of help. We have 25 girls this year. It has been fun, stressfull, time consuming and rewarding.

I talked Dave into a picture a few Sundays ago. Our Church is not until 11:30 this year so we have some extra time in the morning. Dave doesn't like his picture taken but he looks good doesn't he? I was going to write something inspirational for Sunday but it has taken me so long to get to this....I can't remember. What I do know is that I am inspired when I go to church. I always learn something and I can recomit to be a better person. We had a Relief Society Stake meeting a few weeks ago and they talked about having a Heart like "His". I have been thinking about that a lot. I had read the book by Virginia Hinkley Pearson (I think that is her name) and I loved it. I would highly recomend it.

THANK YOU!

Okay, I have been fooling around with this blog for way too long and it is more challenging than I want it to be right now. So for now.....no private blog...it is just over my head and too time consuming. I did change my music though after much trouble and so I am saying....Thank You for being my friend!!! All of you. I am feeling very blessed today to have so many friends and such a great family! Life is good!

NEW YEARS EVE

After years of planing and attending elaborate New Years Eve parties, we have settled in quite nicely with the "old" crowd. For the past 7 or 8 years we have been going to Cotants for a dinner. We all bring our own steaks that J O cooks for us. We sit at a table set with china and have shrimp coctail and baked potatoes and salad and great conversation. I have to admit the first few years I missed the excitement of a dance or a party full of games but I have really enjoyed these parties and look forward to them every year. I know I am showing my age but I don't even feel that bad about it!
Bill & Linda Orr, Sonny & Susan Davis, J O & Kathy Cotant, Kent & Emily Yost.
Being old is really not that bad!! I quite like being 50 something!